Wang Chen (badminton)

Wang Chen
Personal information
Birth name 王晨
Born June 21, 1976 (1976-06-21) (age 35)
Shanghai
Country  Hong Kong
Handedness Right
Women Singles
Current Ranking 5 (November 1, 2007)
BWF Profile

Wang Chen (Chinese: 王晨; pinyin: Wáng Chén; Yale: Wong4 San4; born 21 June 1976 in Shanghai) is a female badminton player from Hong Kong.

She is married to the Chinese badminton player Zheng Yumin.

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Career

2004 Summer Olympics

Wang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Lorena Blanco of Peru and Yao Jie of the Netherlands in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Wang lost to Zhang Ning of the People's Republic of China 9-11, 11-6, 11-7.

2006

She won the gold medal at the 2006 Asian Games in women's singles.

2007

In 2007 she played at the World Championships and won the silver medal. She was defeated in the final by Zhu Lin, of China, 8-21, 12-21.

2008 Summer Olympics

Wang competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was seeded fourth going into the competition. She defeated Eva Sládeková of Slovakia, 21-7, 21-7 to advance to the third round. There she lost to Saina Nehwal of India, 19-21, 21-11, 11-21.

References

http://www.badmintoncn.com/cbo_star/star_30.html